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Recognised as Colour

#6500F6

  • #6500F6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#6500F6 is a violet with RGB values 101, 0, 246 and HSL 265°, 100%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#6500F6#6500F6
HEX#6500F6
RGBrgb(101, 0, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0, 0.9647
RGB percentages39.6%, 0%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(264.6, 100%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.6, 100%, 96.5%)
CMYK58.9%, 100%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,619,382
CSS custom property--colour: #6500F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.28:1
Contrast with white7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#9AFF09

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0050F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#006390no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 107.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 13.5Medium blue · ΔE 17.4Blue violet · ΔE 23.2Dark violet · ΔE 25.2Dark orchid · ΔE 38.5Dark blue · ΔE 45.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 13.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91F600
Analogous#0016F6, #E000F6
Triadic#F66500, #00F665
Split complementary#F6E000, #16F600
Tetradic#F60016, #91F600, #00F6E0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCC3FF
Lighter +30%#BE90FF
Lighter +20%#A05DFF
Lighter +10%#812AFF
Darker −10%#5000C3
Darker −20%#3B0090
Darker −30%#26005D
Darker −40%#11002A
More saturated +25%#6500F6
Less saturated −25%#6A1FD7

Channel breakdown

R101
G0
B246
Red101 (39.6%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue264.63°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 00 · B F6

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